Page 24 - Eric Bechler News Today

No. in our game, we dont take anyones word for anything. we look into it, and thats what we did. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): they met with the improbably named kobi laker, erics best friend, and kobi backed up eric. they had a terrific marriage, and there was no problems whatsoever. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions about pegye, at least according to linda bechler, erics mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she d...

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): its said theres nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline. this was supposed to be something like that-- a romantic outing, an anniversary and birthday gift eric bechler planned for his wife pegye. but it turned into something else, and now, pegye was gone. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the coast guard immediately launched a search, but by nightfall, no sign of pegye, alive or otherwise. and so eric called pegyes mom, june. he...

All they saw was this hot young woman who had been brought in to replace their missing daughter. right, right, and exactly three months to the day. i cant even imagine what they were thinking. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): pegyes family wasnt alone. detective sean murphy had also noticed the new woman in eric bechlers life. she was just a hot number, as they say, and she was cohabiting with him right after this horrible boating accident with his wife. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): so murphy arrang...

Called the greene machine were marveling at a school of dolphins playing in the water when they came across the unexpected. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the captain radioed the coast guard that a small speedboat was circling out of control. in the water nearby was a man holding onto a body board. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the man in the water was frantic. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): his name was eric bechler. his wife was pegye, but she was nowhere to be found.

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): eric told june that pegye was driving the boat, towing him on a body board, when all of a sudden, a wave wiped him out. when he came up from under the water, he said, he could no longer see pegye inside the boat. we thought they should be finding her because we really just thought she would swim out of it. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): you see, pegye was quite at home in the water. growing up, it was the only time she didnt have to wear that back brace. and she became...

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): it was a boating accident, said eric. and the coast guard agreed, something they see all too often. but soon, secrets emerged that would make some people wonder, what really happened to pegye bechler? where was pegye? and what had gone wrong on that boat? josh mankiewicz (voiceover): coming up, there would be a sea of questions to come. you thought what? pegye faked her death? josh mankiewicz (voiceover): when "dateline" continues. just walk right in and pay zero dol...

Youre thrilled that the man who did it is behind bars, but nobody wins in this situation, nobody. the children now have no mother and no father. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): but the jury did not believe eric killed pegye for the money. he was found not guilty of murder for financial gain. at his sentencing, eric bechler addressed the judge, once again, denying he killed pegye. the accident was a horrible tragedy that has befallen both of our families. and as much as the marshalls are hurting, my...

And although pegye didnt know it, he took along some weights. and then he goes, then i walked up behind her. and he goes, tina, i hit her so hard, she didnt feel a thing. and im just like, what do you mean you hit her so hard? he goes, i hit her over the head with a weight. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): she said he told her there was blood everywhere. then, tina says, eric bechler told her how he got rid of his wife. he did some knot that he knows, and he did her wrists and her ankles together so...

# welcome back. im craig melvin. with a new live-in girlfriend, eric bechler seemed to be recovering quickly from losing his wife pegye. and that did not sit well with quite a few people, certainly not with the police or pegyes family. but erics best friend, what exactly did he know, and how far would he go to get proof? lets return to josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." josh mankiewicz (voiceover): to detective sean murphy, it sounded more than suspicious-- eric bechler taking up with a go...

Moms take nyquil severe. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. tina new thought shed found happiness with eric bechler, until he changed his story about what happened the day his wife disappeared in the ocean. you didnt think about going to police. no. not yet. i just felt like he wasnt telling me the truth all the way. and i was really afraid because he was always with me. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): afraid, yet